Members of Parliament
Event | Member | Party | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1918 | John Newman | Conservative | MP for Enfield 1910–1918 | |
1923 | Thomas Atholl Robertson | Liberal | ||
1924 | Sir Edward Cadogan | Conservative | MP for Reading 1922–1923 and Bolton 1940–1945 | |
1935 | John Crowder | Conservative | ||
1959 | Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher | Conservative | Later Baroness Thatcher; Leader of the Conservative Party 1975-90; Prime Minister 1979-90 | |
1992 | Hartley Booth | Conservative | ||
1997 | constituency abolished: see Finchley & Golders Green and Chipping Barnet |
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